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Andreas Palaiologos

1453 - 1502

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Andreas Palaiologos or Palaeologus (Greek: Ἀνδρέας Παλαιολόγος; 17 January 1453 – June 1502), sometimes anglicized to Andrew, was the eldest son of Thomas Palaiologos, Despot of the Morea. Thomas was a brother of Constantine XI Palaiologos, the final Byzantine emperor. After his father's death in 1465, Andreas was recognized as the titular Despot of the Morea and from 1483 onwards, he also claimed the title "Emperor of Constantinople" (Latin: Imperator Constantinopolitanus).After the fall of Constantinople in 1453 and the subsequent Ottoman invasion of the Morea in 1460, Andreas's father fled to Corfu with his family. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andreas Palaiologos has received more than 367,802 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Andreas Palaiologos is the 3,750th most popular politician (up from 4,324th in 2019), the 241st most popular biography from Greece (up from 272nd in 2019) and the 98th most popular Greek Politician.

Andreas Palaiologos was the last Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, reigning from 1449 to 1453. He is most famous for being the last emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.

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  • 61.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.49

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.88

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Andreas Palaiologos has had the most page views in the with 38,054 views, followed by Russian (11,130), and Spanish (8,651). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Japanese (158.34%), Javanese (89.73%), and Galician (71.05%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Andreas Palaiologos ranks 3,750 out of 19,576. Before him are Volusianus, Sambhaji, Ottavio Farnese, Duke of Parma, Stanislav Shushkevich, Robert de Craon, and Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria. After him are George Papandreou, Osroes I, Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Raymond VII, Count of Toulouse, Tughlugh Timur, and José Gervasio Artigas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1453, Andreas Palaiologos ranks 7. Before him are Afonso de Albuquerque, Simonetta Vespucci, Giuliano de' Medici, Edward of Westminster, Prince of Wales, Clarice Orsini, and Gülbahar Hatun. After him are Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Christoph I, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Margaret of Foix, and João Fernandes Lavrador. Among people deceased in 1502, Andreas Palaiologos ranks 2. Before him is Arthur, Prince of Wales. After him are Francesco di Giorgio Martini, Ahuitzotl, Hedwig Jagiellon, Duchess of Bavaria, Francesco Laurana, Francisco de Bobadilla, Annius of Viterbo, Dionisius, Miguel Corte-Real, and Bartolomeo della Gatta.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Andreas Palaiologos ranks 241 out of 1,024. Before him are Archelaus (-500), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Alexandra of Yugoslavia (1921), Timon of Phlius (-320), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926). After him are Phaedo of Elis (-401), Eudemus of Rhodes (-370), Theodore Stratelates (281), Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), and Memnon of Rhodes (-380).

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Among POLITICIANS In Greece

Among politicians born in Greece, Andreas Palaiologos ranks 98. Before him are Lycurgus of Athens (-390), Antiochus VIII Grypus (-141), Gazi Husrev-beg (1480), Alexander I of Epirus (-362), Antiochus XI Epiphanes (-115), and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos (1926). After him are Katerina Sakellaropoulou (1956), Hypereides (-390), Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark (1905), Nabis (-300), Hipparchus (-600), and Antonia the Elder (-39).

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